Thoughts on the bye week....
 

[COLOR="Blue"][/COLOR] Ok....I know about S.Moss and a couple other guys that could use the time to heal now...BUT,...is it just me or is anyone else a little nervous about being one of the teams having our bye week first!?? From an injury standpoint, would'nt it be best to have it toward the latter part of the season when guys are more "banged" up and in need of some serious rest? Thinking back....I cant remember when we've had ours this soon in the season.
Thoughts??

Brian

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Well in 2005 when we made the playoffs we had the bye week the third week of the season if I do remember correctly.....which is kind of weird because I didnt think they started that early (this year its week 4)...but we had the bye week right after the Monday Night Miracle, and then came back to beat Seattle before dropping a couple on the road.....

Given the offensive line injuries, I think its probaboly for the best that these guys have a chance to gel together....obviously you always want it week 8/9 where its smack dab in the middle of the season...but its hard to say.

We had it week 8 last year and were 5-11....we had it week 3 in 05 and were 10-6 and won a game in the playoffs.... It is what it is though....I'm not that worried about it at this point, but I would have liked to get a game in today to shake off last week

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i dont think it matters, i think it will be good to get these guys calm after last week. going into the bye week above .500 is good for me even though its so early. but yes i can see where the concern is of having a bye week so early.

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I'm sure that the players like getting the week off, but as a fan, I hate going two weeks between Redskins games.

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i hope yall where paying attention to detroit.........

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Better to get the bye week now, and let our offense figure out how to score more points.

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I usually don't care to have it this early either, however, I think it's good timing this year....injuries and the offense needs the time.

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Perfect timing. Hopefully, we will come back healthy and ready to whip up on the lions.

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It is good timing in terms of we just came off of a really bad loss. I tend to think that the perfect time for a bye week is say week 6, but I think this is a good time for us.

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This weekend suck w/o a Skins game to get excited about. That said, I agree an early by is fortunate because of the additions to the o-line. It's real important for Campbell's protection and the running game (to the right) that our o-line gels. This should happen now. Also good timing for Moss to get some rest, though I don't see him playing against Detroit. Now Campbell has the opportunity to est. timing w/ Caldwell and maybe even Lloyd (even though I'm just about over the kid).

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I realized one thing while watching a bunch of random games; The redskins Dline is horrible! They absolutely no pressure.

It's going to be hard to beat good teams without a passrush.

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[QUOTE=jamf;358329]I realized one thing while watching a bunch of random games; The redskins Dline is horrible! They absolutely no pressure.

It's going to be hard to beat good teams without a passrush.[/QUOTE]

You're right. But there have been flashes from A. Montgomery, and I'm talking about overpowering right up the middle. Hopefully, GW uses the by week to work on pass-rushing.

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[QUOTE=MTRedskinsFan;358331]You're right. But there have been flashes from A. Montgomery, and I'm talking about overpowering right up the middle. Hopefully, GW uses the by week to work on pass-rushing.[/QUOTE]

Im watching the Giants Dline destroy the eagles. Uminyora has 5 sacks alone. If we can't pressure Kitna, Favre and Brady, We could be on our way to another playoff free season.

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[QUOTE=DEVIL'S OWN;358262]i hope yall where paying attention to detroit.........[/QUOTE]

Yup. I watched the whole game. They marched down the field against the Bears rather easily throughout the game. If not for some stupid mistakes (i.e. turnovers) on the Lions' part, the game would not have been nearly as close.

Whoever is on Roy Williams is in for a busy day.

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Our secondary has been pretty quiet so far in the turnover and int departments. Hopefully w/ the return of a healthy smoot and some gelling between Taylor and Landry we put the f'n hit on Williams and the rest of the Lions' receiving corp

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[quote=MTRedskinsFan;358375]Our secondary has been pretty quiet so far in the turnover and int departments. Hopefully w/ the return of a healthy smoot and some gelling between Taylor and Landry we put the f'n hit on Williams and the rest of the Lions' receiving corp[/quote]


That would be the optimum situation it would seem. I think SS is right, [I]whoever[/I] is covering Roy Williams is in a for a HELL of a day. The bears cornerbacks and secondary is pretty damn good and they LIT THEM UP today. Rogers, Springs, Smoot, everybody had better be prepared. This team could give a flying shit about giving up points because they KNOW they can put them up.

Our offense definitely needs to put up 28 or more points or we'll be in trouble. It will be an interesting game.

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Everyone is talking about using the bye week for the O-Line to "gel", and to work on a pass rush. I think the entire team (minus coaches) had the week off, if I'm not mistaken. I don't think that they did anything but get their mind off football, rest, recover, and re-energize for a normal weeks practice beginning today.

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[quote=Chief X_Phackter;358460]Everyone is talking about using the bye week for the O-Line to "gel", and to work on a pass rush. I think the entire team (minus coaches) had the week off, if I'm not mistaken. I don't think that they did anything but get their mind off football, rest, recover, and re-energize for a normal weeks practice beginning today.[/quote]'


Pretty much. Most of these guys go away from I what I hear. I think Portis went to his hometown to see his little brother play high school football.

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you never know until the end of the season, but this looks like really good timing for us.

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I know think that this game against the Lions will be very important as far as A Wild Card spot later in the season.

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This game is important mainly to DEFINE the team...if they come off that loss to the Giants at home, and lose to the Lions at home...that's gonna say a lot! Gibbs has caught a lot of slack after that last game about being conservative, now he'll face a team that puts up a lot of points but has also given up a lot of points...I can't wait to see what the gameplan will be!!! After seeing what the eagles did to them, is he still gonna come out running on 1st and 2nd down???

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i hate bye weeks...no redskins

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[quote=chrisl13;358618]i hate bye weeks...no redskins[/quote]

having no redskins to watch is definitely depressing.

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[QUOTE=Redskins247;358617]This game is important mainly to DEFINE the team...if they come off that loss to the Giants at home, and lose to the Lions at home...that's gonna say a lot! Gibbs has caught a lot of slack after that last game about being conservative, now he'll face a team that puts up a lot of points but has also given up a lot of points...I can't wait to see what the gameplan will be!!! After seeing what the eagles did to them, is he still gonna come out running on 1st and 2nd down???[/QUOTE]

That almost sums up the biggest question about this team. Sometimes in press conferences Gibbs talks like nobody can expect the Skins to put up big pts. It actually scares me. W/ all the offensive weapons how can we not be expected to put up big numbers?

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Well we have to try to put up big numbers this week. The friggin' Lions broke the NFL record with 34 4th quarter points... Must win game.

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[quote=Chief X_Phackter;358460]Everyone is talking about using the bye week for the O-Line to "gel", and to work on a pass rush. I think the entire team (minus coaches) had the week off, if I'm not mistaken. I don't think that they did anything but get their mind off football, rest, recover, and re-energize for a normal weeks practice beginning today.[/quote]

glad you pointed this out. The players don't practice an extra week, but the coaches were working I'm sure.

I bet there was some serious discussion between Gibbs & AS over the 2 minute O. If anything can be gained in the bye week other than rest from injuries, it's the staff ironing out its clock mgmt. problems. This stuff goes back to 04. We got through it in the philly game, but it's not gonna happen that way every time.

In addition, I fear that Gibbs & AS are not on the same pg. Someone pointed this out in another thread, there seems to be a lack of identity on offense. Maybe it's just the injuries to the o-line & JC's maturation process & time will take care of it.

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I hope the o-line gels & the biggest thing is to stop the penalties on 1st & 2nd down setting up those 3rd & long situations.

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[quote=12thMan;358468]'


Pretty much. Most of these guys go away from I what I hear. I think Portis went to his hometown to see his little brother play high school football.[/quote]
He may have gone to his brothers game but the skins site said he was around getting treatment on his knee. I take the by week and forget about football as I golfed Saturday and went fishing on Sunday. I think the fish took the day off too.